First I ate octopus...then a clove of garlic...what will be next?

I pulled out the big guns.  I ate a clove of garlic.  Why?  The remnants of a cold...a cough that obnoxiously occurs when I least want it too.  So -- TAKE THAT YOU DREADFUL COUGH!  HI-YA!  (My sad attempts to be mean and defensive...I know, I know...)